diff --git a/akanda/rug/debug.py b/akanda/rug/debug.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a29bb607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akanda/rug/debug.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+
+from oslo.config import cfg
+
+from akanda.rug import main
+from akanda.rug import state
+
+
+class Fake(object):
+    def __init__(self, crud):
+        self.crud = crud
+
+
+def delete_callback(self):
+    print 'DELETE'
+
+
+def bandwidth_callback(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    print 'BANDWIDTH:', args, kwargs
+
+
+def debug_one_router(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+
+    main.register_and_load_opts(args)
+
+    # Add our extra option for specifying the router-id to debug
+    cfg.CONF.register_cli_opts([
+        cfg.StrOpt('router-id',
+                   required=True,
+                   help='The UUID for the router to debug',
+                   ),
+    ])
+    cfg.CONF(args, project='akanda')
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=logging.DEBUG,
+        format=':'.join('%(' + n + ')s'
+                        for n in ['processName',
+                                  'threadName',
+                                  'name',
+                                  'levelname',
+                                  'message']),
+    )
+
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    log.debug('Proxy settings: %r', os.getenv('no_proxy'))
+
+    a = state.Automaton(
+        cfg.CONF.router_id,
+        delete_callback,
+        bandwidth_callback
+    )
+
+    a.send_message(Fake('update'))
+
+    import pdb
+    pdb.set_trace()
+
+    a.update()
diff --git a/akanda/rug/main.py b/akanda/rug/main.py
index 0ade3041..9e0ebdf4 100644
--- a/akanda/rug/main.py
+++ b/akanda/rug/main.py
@@ -141,11 +141,10 @@ def register_and_load_opts(argv):
                    help='name of the exchange where we receive RPC calls'),
     ])
 
-    cfg.CONF(argv, project='akanda')
-
 
 def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
     register_and_load_opts(argv)
+    cfg.CONF(argv, project='akanda')
 
     log.setup('akanda-rug')
     cfg.CONF.log_opt_values(LOG, logging.INFO)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3d99db62..d1665940 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ setup(
         'httplib2>=0.7.2',
         'python-neutronclient>=2.1',
         'oslo.config',
-        'kombu>=2.4.8'
+        'kombu>=2.4.8',
+        'webob',
+        'python-novaclient',
     ],
     namespace_packages=['akanda'],
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['test']),
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ setup(
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
             'akanda-rug-service=akanda.rug.main:main',
+            'akanda-debug-router=akanda.rug.debug:debug_one_router',
         ]
     },
 )